A comedy-adventure in which three twelve-year-olds have a close encounter with a 3,000-year-old mummy. Marshall, Gilbert and Amy accidentally set the mummy free, but if they don't get him back to his resting place by midnight on Halloween, he'll turn into dust and lose his only chance of being reunited with his long-lost love.
Practical Effects
The mummy makeup and costume work is genuinely charming practical effects.
Writing
Surprisingly tender mummy romance subplot in a kids' comedy.
Director
Greg Beeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the first Disney Channel Original Movies, premiering October 25, 1997.
The film captures peak 90s kid independence—three twelve-year-olds roaming unsupervised at night feels almost mythological now.
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